Donald Trump

August 25, 2022

The Trump raid will only harden Americans’ positions

It’s 1973. The Watergate scandal that would ultimately doom the presidency of Richard M. Nixon is roiling that administration. But it’s not the only breach of public trust dogging the Nixon White House. Continue Reading...

July 13, 2022

Do we really need another brand of conservatism?

Sisyphus was the first conservative, Claremont Review of Books editor William Voegeli wryly observes, because the lot of the conservative is one of short-lived, temporary victories. Conservatives certainly have no shortage of examples. Continue Reading...

June 29, 2022

The ground is shifting under Francis Fukuyama’s feet

In Liberalism and Its Discontents, Francis Fukuyama aims to defend liberal political ideas and institutions against rising and now entrenched detractors from the postliberal left and the right. As he notes, “liberalism is under severe threat around the world … its virtues need to be clearly articulated and celebrated once again.” Continue Reading...

June 21, 2022

The Right look at American conservatism deserves your attention

In January of 1992, the libertarian theorist Murray Rothbard published an untimely reflection in the traditionalist journal Chronicles. The conservative and Republican elite had effectively scuttled former Klansman David Duke’s bid to become governor of Louisiana. Continue Reading...

October 20, 2021

We are a fractured nation, but there is still hope

It’s become a commonplace observation that while we are indeed a divided nation, we have been divided before and, some claim, in much worse ways. The first part is undoubtedly true, while the second seems more debatable, and this particularly in light of a recent poll coming from the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) at the University of Virginia that shows roughly half of Americans on both sides of the political spectrum seriously indulging fantasies of secession. Continue Reading...

June 02, 2021

Beyond nationalism and globalism: Jesus points to another kingdom

In our era of hyper-partisanship, often we think of political divides in simple terms of Republicans versus Democrats, or progressives versus conservatives. Nevertheless, even today there are some divides that cut across party lines. Continue Reading...

December 29, 2020

Meet the two Chinese Christians Donald Trump compared to Thomas Becket

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump rendered a tremendous service to the advancement of global religious liberty: He reminded people of the legacy of Thomas Becket, and he named the sainted martyr’s modern-day successors-in-the-spirit. Continue Reading...

October 23, 2020

Fact check: the second presidential debate of 2020

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off for their second and last debate of the 2020 campaign season on Thursday night at Belmont University in Nashville. The candidates offered viewers a far more staid and substantive exchange than their first debate – a low bar, to be sure. Continue Reading...

October 23, 2020

Four years later, are the ‘deplorables’ better off?

Donald Trump strode into office in 2016 with a mission and a mandate. The mission was to become a champion for those who were being overlooked by the establishment. The mandate was to overturn the “swamp” and make real changes. Continue Reading...

September 30, 2020

5 lessons from Donald Trump’s tax returns

A couple making $31,900 who file with the standard deduction would pay $750 in federal income tax. That amount – $750 – is also how much Donald Trump paid in federal taxes in 2016 and 2017. Continue Reading...

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